Slide-closure



C. D. COKER.

SLIDE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED (EB. 28, I919.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

I v a uwm I 001 6066253 CARL CQKER, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SLIDE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application-filed LE ebruairy 28, 1919. Serial No. 279,698.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CARL D. OOKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing .at Detroit, in the county: of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certains new and useful Improvements inSlide-Closures, of which the fol-' lowing is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Automobile curtains and side panelsnow in use to provide an inolosurefor the upper portion of an automobile are provided with openings,adjacent the automobile door latches so that the hand may be inserted tooperate the door latch. Sometimes such openings are provided with flapsadapted to exclude air and other elements, but on account of theopenings being almost constantly used, the flaps become inactive for thepurposes intended, consequently cold air enters the automobile body muchto the dis-j oomfiture of the occupants thereof.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a novel slide closurethat may be readily embodied in an automobile curtain or panel toprovide a hand opening when necessary, the opening being normally closedby a slide which positively, excludes the elements, yet permits of easyaccess being had to an automobile door latch or other operating member,without any danger of the curtain or panel being worn or injured byconstant use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a slide closure whichincludes a novel casing and means carried thereby for preventing theslide from rattling, said means taking up lost motion and at the sametime excluding elements that might retard the operation of the slide.

The above and other objects are attained by a simple, durable andinexpensive construction that will be hereinafter specifically describedand then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile body, andcurtain, showing the latter provided with a slide closure in accordancewith my invention;

Fi 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the side closure;

Fig. 3 a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line IVIV-'ofFig. 3;

' 5 is a similar view'taken on the line F1 V- of Fig. 3; f

Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view, taken on the lineVIVI of Fig. 1' ri is a tached slide.

vThe slide closure comprises an oblong perspective view of thedecomparatively flat casing having an inner Wall 1 and an outer wall 2,said outer wall having an oblong opening 3' approximately the length anddepth of said casing, while the inner wall 1 hasan opening simplyat oneend thereof, said opening being designated 4 and corresponding in de thto the opening 3. The marginal edges of the opening 4: are provided withouttu-rned flanges 5 and 6, said flanges being bent into'parallelismwith the outer side of the wall l and the flanges 5 surrounding theupper andend edges of the opening 4, while the flange 6 is at the lowerlongitudinal edge of the opening 4 and is again bent to extend into theopening 4 and provide a strip holder 7 for a resilient weather oranti-rattling strip 8, best shown in Figs. 2 and 4E. The strip 8 may bein the form of a piece of rubber and is adapted to engage a pressed outlongitudinal rib 9 contiguous to the lower longitudinal edge of a flatslide 10, said slide being shiftable between the walls 1 and 2 tocooperate with the wall 1 in closing the opening 4 thereof. Tofacilitate shifting said slide, one end thereof is provided with handpieces 11 protruding from both sides of the slide so that it may-beshifted from either side of said casing.

The flanges 5 and 6 of the wall 1 will operate in holding the marginaledges of oneply 12 of an automobile curtain or panel 13 and'flanges 15of the wall 2 cooperate in maintaining another ply 14 of said curtain inengagement with the closure casing. The flanges 15 are at three sides ofthe opening 3 at one end thereof as best shown in Fig. 3, and inconsequence of this construction the curtain ply 14 will overlie andclosev the o-penin 3 of the wall 2 and close a portion of sai opening,the remaining portion adapted to be closed by the slide 10.

As shown in Fig. 1, the curtain 13 is provided with an opening adjacentthe latch handle or knob 16 of an automobile body It is thought that theutility of the slide closure Will be a'pparent without; furtherdescription, and While in the 'drati lhg' there is illustrated apreferred embodiment of my avenatn, it s: to be un-deman ,thatthestri'idtural elements are susceptible to etch ariations andmodifications as fall Within the sco e of the appended claims.

What I claim is 712A slide closure for antomohileciii tains comprising acasing adapted to be mounted in an opening in an automobileciirtain,said casing having an opening; Slide shiftable in s'aik} casing adaptedto close the opening thereo" flanges it the marginal edges of the easintpeaing aaa-a apadto hem mania-i ginal of tlie ant'omobile curtain 'opiiiii g', a strip carried by one of the trig-2 1s of said casing adaptedto ear against said S ae peasant rattling thereof in said 2. slideclosure for automobile curtains comprising a casing adapted to hemounted in an openingprovided therefor in an automobile curtain, saidcasing having the side 7 walls thereof provided with. openings, With oneof said openings of a greater area than the'zothe-r opening, curtainholding fianges at the marginal edges of the caslng opena s'liiftithle'slide in said casing adapted to-close the openings thereof, and meanscarried by one of said flanges and engaging 'saidslide to preventrattling thereof.

, 3, A slide closi re' of the character (lecrib'e'd 1'co1nprising vacasing having" side vvalls thereof provided with hp'enin s, a shiftableslide in said means carried by said basing and en agi g said"sli'cleadapted to prevehtrattliiig ofsaid slide in said casing; and meanscarried by said adapted to facilitate the attiitiliiiient of said casingto an automobile c'iirtaiin I In testimony whereof I my sigiiatiire inthe presence of ti vo Witnesses. CARLD. COKE R Q Witnesses:

KAR H. BUTLER, LEWIS E. Emirate.

Washington, D. 6;

